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Folks, very excited to launch my personal website, to keep tabs on new writing and events, for THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU and beyond. Some great chats coming up in Belfast, Dublin and, soon, the States. Check it out here:
Ali Watkins
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Ali Watkins
@AliWatkins
Scribbler, @nytimes. Author, "THE NEXT ONE IS FOR YOU" out now from @LittleBrown. MA in Writing, @UniofGalway. Come for the stories, stay for the Philly hype.
Joined May 2010
- Oh this is fabulous. A new online platform, Bookshop, has created a centralized online shopping platform for independent bookstores around the country. Quarantine doesn't mean you have to resort to Amazon.
- Hi Mr. President. I wrote that story. So I'm clear — you're acknowledging Russian interference in the '16 election?Replying to @realDonaldTrump and @foxandfriendsAccording to report just out, President Obama knew about Russian interference 3 years ago but he didn't want to anger Russia!
- So I wanna go through what I saw in Brooklyn last night. I was with a group of a few hundred protestors. They marched peacefully, actively deescalating & avoiding cops after 8pm. Then they went to Cadman plaza, walking right into what I can only describe as a strategic nightmare.
- DC is so rarely genuinely stunned by something. Mueller has done it every time. Don't know how to adequately underscore just how incredible it is that nothing has leaked ahead of time out of his team.
- 11:06PM, 6 minutes past the first curfew instituted by NYC since 1943
- "Get the fuck out of here you piece of shit," NYPD officers to clearly identified @AP reporters, as they shove media and force them to stop covering NYC protests.
- A top ER doctor in Manhattan committed suicide this weekend, after describing horrific scenes from the Coronavirus crisis to her family. "She tried to do her job, and it killed her," her father said.
- *steps away from twitter for literally two seconds* "what the hell are local milk people"
- I know y’all think Philly is crazy, and abrasive, and harsh, and gritty and unpolished, and frankly, you may be right. But it is the most authentic place I have ever been in my entire life, with the most authentic people, and every day I miss it. Philly is special.
- PSA: Today I learned there is a legendary play in scrabble called a “Triple-Triple,” in which you use ALL your tiles and hit two Triple Word boxes and I’m here to tell you that ya girl just did it I think this is one of the proudest moments of my life.
- Replying to @AliWatkinsLeaders tried to get people to stay calm, but riot cops began pushing them back a block — right into more cops. Batons started coming out. Two people near me got whacked, and two nurses and a medic — CLEARLY identified — brought them near a building to render aid.
- Replying to @AliWatkinsIt was so quiet as I walked my bike through the park, toward home. Nothing but blue and red lights bouncing off buildings. Slowly, groups of riot cops began walking back into the plaza, laughing with each other as they took off their helmets. It was surreal.
